Created in 1796 and named for Revolutionary War officer and Georgia governor James Jackson, Jackson County blends historic downtowns with easy access to the I-85 corridor.
The historic districts of Braselton, Commerce, Jefferson, Maysville, and Talmo are all on the National Register of Historic Places. In Jefferson, the 1879 Jackson County Courthouse, with its 1906 clock tower, is one of the first county courthouses built in Georgia after the Civil War.
Outdoors, Hurricane Shoals Park near Maysville preserves exposed granite shoals along the North Oconee River, and Braselton's Mulberry RiverWalk follows the river to the spot where four counties meet.
First known as Harmony Grove, Commerce took its current name in 1904 as a thriving cotton market town. Its downtown commercial district is on the National Register.
Olive Ann Burns based her novel Cold Sassy Tree loosely on growing up in Commerce.
Commerce Commercial Historic District
Governor L. G. Hardman House (National Register)
Near the site of Groaning Rock, Jackson County's first settlement
Spread across Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, and Jackson counties, Braselton grew from the Braselton family's 1876 land purchase and a general store whose motto was 'Dealers in Everything.'
The Mulberry RiverWalk leads to the spot where four counties meet.
Mulberry RiverWalk, 4.4 miles round trip
Braselton Historic District
Thompson Mills Forest, Georgia's official state arboretum
Incorporated in 1891 and named for local merchant Russell A. Hosch, Hoschton sits along State Route 53 in western Jackson County, just south of Braselton.
The restored Hoschton Depot has been on the National Register since 2000.
Historic Hoschton Depot
Hillcrest-Allen Clinic and Hospital (National Register)
Between Athens and Commerce on U.S. 441, Nicholson has long been a farming community. According to the city, it was first called Cooper and was renamed for a railroad president.
A small town with deep agricultural roots, where poultry has long been part of the local economy.